< IT’S CHINA’S TURN Internet will help transform unsustainable growth model Page 23 SEPTEMBER 27 - OCTOBER 3, 2014 theeastafrican.co.ke TANZANIA SH1700 KENYA SH100 RWANDA RWF900 UGANDA SH2700 BURUNDI BIF2000 INVESTORS FLOCK TO DAR > Gas reserves and position as top producer of gold propelling interest Page 45 No. 1039 Winning film’s real tale of war Magazine Why Tanzania said No to EAC protocol on the environment RESERVATIONS: Some of the p≥ovisons cont≥adict those of the Common Ma≥ket p≥otocol on land use and mine≥als Ex BT-cotton Count≥ies must fi≥st so≥t out mess in indust≥y Outlook, Pages 29, 34-35 Bank vs telecom It’s ba≥e-knuckle fight fo≥ mobile money use≥s as Equity gets ≥egulato≥’s nod Markets, Page 61 Dual citizenship plea rejected by Assembly team Hopes of about th≥ee million Tanzanians in diaspo≥a thwa≥ted By ERICK KABENDERA The EastAfrican T he hopes of over three million Tanzanians living abroad for a new Constitution that allows dual citizenship were dashed following concerns that such a provision would pose a threat to national security. However, the idea, which was backed by President Jakaya Kikwete and Foreign Affairs Minister Bernard Membe, was thrown out after members of the Constituent Assembly raised the red flag that Oman Arabs who fled after the Zanzibar Revolution of 1964 could return to claim property. Instead, the Assembly’s drafting committee recommended that former Tanzanians who hold citizenship of other countries be granted special status. FULL REPORT, PAGE 8 By ADAM IHUCHA Special Correspondent a binding agreement on handling shared resources, such as Lake Victoria and wildlife reserves, after it refused to sign a protocol on environment and natural resources management. This leaves the region without a T framework to address long-standing conflicts over use of cross-border resources such as Lake Victoria anzania has scuttled the East African Community’s bid for and the Mara-Serengeti tourism haven or scarce water and pasture. In a letter to the EAC Secretariat, dated September 4, Tanzania said the protocol — which has already been ratified by Kenya and Uganda — contradicted the one on a Common Market as it seeks to regulate trading in minerals. “The Protocol contradicts the protocol on establishment of the EAC Common Market. In particular access to and use of land and premises should be governed by national policies and laws,” Tanzania stated in the letter to EAC Secretary General Dr Richard Sezibera. Tanzania also said the protocol included provisions on marketing and trading in minerals while it should have restricted itself to protection of the environment in mining activities. It also wants tourism removed from the protocol, saying this would be better articulated under another accord the partner states are negotiating on tourism and wildlife management. FULL REPORT, PAGE 6 Tanzania wrote to EAC Secretary-General During its meeting in May, the council had ordered Tanzania to ratify the protocol, signed in 2005, by the end of this year. The protocol was negotiated before Burundi and Rwanda joined the community. The council directed the Secretariat to study the issues raised and submit proposals at the next meeting. COUNTDOWN TO 2016? Politics of loyalty and ambition in Uganda Fo≥me≥ PM’s suppo≥te≥s say P≥esident Museveni told a≥my gene≥als in 2010 that Mbabazi would one day be the commande≥ FULL REPORT, PAGE 12-14 PRESIDENT MUSEVENI : Sacked prime minister after attempts to have him drop his ambition of becoming president failed. AMAMA MBABAZI: His allies say President’s promise encouraged him to start quietly mobilising support within NRM. www.theeastafrican.co.ke SEPTEMBER 27 - OCTOBER 3, 2014 cultu≥e ARTS: ANNUAL MAGAZINE BOOKS | LIFESTYLE | TRAVEL | THE ARTS | HEALTH & SCIENCE | SPORT FESTIVAL CELEBRATES RWANDAN HERITAGE P. IV > a≥t PLEASURES: SHOW ME YOURS, I SHOW YO MINE P. VIII > Hoojaj Kuka: a≥ film